Do more on the go with a new Dropbox for iOS 8

We’re excited to introduce a big update to our iOS app which is tailor-made for the new iOS 8. We’ve added a bunch of additional features to help you do more from your iPhone or iPad, and here are just a few of our favorites:

Dropbox in the Notification Center
The Today section of the Notification Center now shows you an immediate overview of recently changed files in your Dropbox. This means you can check on updates within your shared folders without even opening the Dropbox app.

Create and manage shared foldersShared folders have long been one of the most popular Dropbox features for desktop and web, and we’re making them even more useful on iOS. Now, you can easily create and manage shared folders on the go and straight from the Dropbox app on your iPhone or iPad.

Import and export Dropbox files using app extensions
With the new Dropbox iOS 8 app, you can directly import and export Dropbox files to and from iOS apps that also support Apple’s new Storage Provider App Extensions. This allows you to access your Dropbox files within other apps and transfer your files from other apps into Dropbox. To import to Dropbox, just tap the ellipsis icon (…) at the top of your file list, choose “Add Files,” then click “More” to toggle between preferred apps.

Check out these new features and more improvements in the newest version of Dropbox for iOS 8 — download it from the App Store now!

Hi Pavel, the first image is an example of a user who has 2 Dropbox accounts, one Personal and one for Business (Pepo Inc is a placeholder company we made up). You can learn more here! https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/61

Recent file activity in the Notification Center isn’t that useful to me. It’s mostly temporary or system files listed there. More options of what to display in Notification Center would be great! Maybe recently created links, or something special for Business accounts would be great! Thanks!

Still can’t preview iWork documents inside Dropbox app! That’s a big deal for me, I have to either go through the trouble of opening the file in a different app just so I can check its content, or then move it out of Dropbox entirely, thus ending up with dispersed files in different apps (Numbers, Keynote, Pages).
I’m almost shifting from Dropbox to another competitor app, just for that reason. Though Dropbox is the one I really like.

How do we get these notifications to work? I have version 3.4.2 of the app, with all notifications turned on for it in notification centre, but I’m never notified of any file updates or additions? Have tried deleted and reinstalling the app but no improvements?

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